[Bards] From Eleanor Fairchild - on Eisteddfod
Fitzmorgan at aol.com
Fitzmorgan at aol.com
Mon Jan 5 18:43:48 PST 2004
In a message dated 1/5/2004 4:57:44 PM Central Standard Time,
truly.biggs at hp.com writes:
Why did more of you not compete? This question is in no way meant to shake a
finger at anyone, as I have only competed in one kingdom Eisteddfod myself,
and had a different reason each year for not competing until then. I have
participated in/judged many baronial and shire title bard competitions which had
twenty or more competitors, and I wonder what the difference is. I am asking to
see if we can help strengthen the community by discovering what
My current job makes it difficult for me to attend many events. I work
weekends and have to take vacation to go to an event. To be the Bard of
Ansteorra has been a goal of mine for many years. If I had entered and won I could
not have done the title justice. I didn't want to win and then not be able to
be the kind of Premiere Bard that Ansteorra deserves.
I didn't want to enter if I wasn't trying to win. I entered last year
because it looked like we didn't have many competetors. I wasn't really
prepared and wasn't trying to win, because again my mundane life wasn't going to let
me do it properly. It left a bad taste. I decided I didn't like entering
competitions when I wasn't making a serious effort to win.
Robert Fitzmorgan
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